#E4E669#E4E669
#E4E669 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.147 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4E669 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 230, 105) |
| HSL | hsl(61, 71%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(61, 54%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 54.3%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(88.97, -16.89, 59.58) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(88.97, 61.93, 105.82°) |
| OKLab | oklab(89.91% -0.0501 0.1386) |
| OKLCH | oklch(89.91% 0.147 109.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(62.8431, 74.1091, 24.3559) |
| Luminance | 0.7411 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 4.17
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 4.33
Yellowish Tan
#FCFC81
ΔE00 4.78
Sandy Yellow
#FDEE73
ΔE00 4.78
Manilla
#FFFA86
ΔE00 4.96
Custard
#FFFD78
ΔE00 5.12
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4E669 #6B69E6
analogous
#E6A969 #E4E669 #A5E669
triadic
#E4E669 #69E4E6 #E669E4
tetradic
#E4E669 #69E6A9 #6B69E6 #E669A5
square
#E4E669 #69E6A9 #6B69E6 #E669A5
split-complementary
#E4E669 #69A5E6 #A969E6
monochromatic
#B4B61E #DBDD35 #E4E669 #EDEF9D #F7F7D2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.33
#E4E669 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.82
#E4E669 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4E669
15.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4E669 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4E669 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 15.82 | 15.82 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.33 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.82 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.82 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F6DD5C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F7E170
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2D9CA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DFDFDF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4e669; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 230, 105); /* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.147 109.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efed98',
500: '#e4e669',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4e669; $custom-light: #efed98; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4e669",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 230,
"b": 105
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60.96,
"s": 71.429,
"l": 65.686
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8991,
"c": 0.14737,
"h": 109.9
},
"luminance": 0.74108
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4E669
secondary
#3F3DB6
accent
#12D315
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFDF5
border
#D6D5CF
text
#17160E
muted
#85847F